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Five-letter words matching _C__N

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Possible answers

ACORN OCEAN SCION SCORN

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This pattern has 9 words in the Wordle guess list; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ACORN (August 15, 2024); OCEAN (August 25, 2023); SCORN (September 30, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter AALII
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.0 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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AALII does not fit this page's clues. ACORN keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits _C__N?

All 9 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter A, O, S
  • 3rd letter E, I, O, R, T
  • 4th letter A, I, O, R
Meanings and answer history

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ACORN

The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: August 15, 2024.

OCEAN

One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: August 25, 2023.

SCION

A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

SCORN

To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: September 30, 2022.

ACTIN

A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ACRON

Synonym of prostomium.

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ACTON

Alternative form of aketon.

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OCTAN

Occurring every eight days.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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SCRAN

Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.

“Let we gan and get some scran. Aw’m starvin man!”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _C__N?
9 five-letter words match _C__N in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SCRAN has the highest feedback entropy at 5.16 bits against the possible answers.
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